Inspired by the above, I called on the lady I mentioned in my previous post this afternoon to see how things were. I couldn't believe it - she crashed the car into some railings in January and was told the car was a write-off!! She said she very nearly rang me to say, as she still has the flyer with my name and number. I know which garage took it, so will ring them tomorrow to see what happened to it.
The galling thing is, she said she thought of me often, and I drive past her house once a week (car never visible anyway). She thought perhaps it was too bad for anyone to be interested in an old car.
I should have stopped before...